Reviews

Bookshots: 'Coincidence' by J.W. Ironmonger

February 18th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Coincidence: A Novel Who wrote it: From page one, I was interested, but by the end of the second chapter, I was absorbed. J.W. Ironmonger, a British software consultant and possibly one of the only Europeans to see a wild Javan rhino.

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Bookshots: 'Demon Camp' by Jennifer Percy

February 17th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Demon Camp Who wrote it? There's a realization that, call it Demons or call it PTSD, this thing has been haunting us and will continue to haunt us as a nation, immune to its exorcism as long as we practice faith in war. Jennifer Percy is a Pushcart Prize and NEA Grant winner whose work has appeared in Harper’s and The New Republic.

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Bookshots: 'Prayers for the Stolen' by Jennifer Clement

February 12th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Prayers for the Stolen Who wrote it? With this as the base material, it would be very easy to write a book full of anger and outrage. What Clement creates instead is generous and compassionate and funny. Jennifer Clement, novelist and poet. She lives in Mexico City. Prayers for the Stolen is the first of her works to be published in the US.

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Bookshots: 'Notes to Boys (And Other Things I Shouldn't Share in Public)' by Pamela Ribon

February 11th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Notes to Boys (And Other Things I Shouldn't Share in Public) Who wrote it: Screenwriter and author Pamela Ribon, who already has several bestselling books to her name. Plot in a box: In a mostly funny memoir of her 1990s-era teens, Ribon recounts the hardships of being a pubescent writer with too much word vomit and no internet trash can.

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Bookshots: 'The Bear' by Claire Cameron

February 10th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Bear Who wrote it? I don't want anyone to have to suffer the pain I experienced reading 'The Bear', but at the same time I want everyone on the planet to read this book and feel these horribly complex and yet intensely primal emotions. Claire Cameron, a former wilderness instructor in Ontario's Algonquin Park.

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Bookshots: 'USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series' edited by Johnny Temple

February 5th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series Who wrote it: This collection...features the work of top contemporary writers...and is full of dark-hearted fare that'll haunt your dreams. Edited by Johnny Temple, this collection includes tales from such literary gems as Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Connelly, and Megan Abbott.

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Bookshots: 'Sexplosion' by Robert Hofler

February 4th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title:  Sexplosion: From Andy Warhol to ‘A Clockwork Orange’—How a Generation of Pop Rebels Broke All the Taboos

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Bookshots: 'The UnAmericans' by Molly Antopol

February 4th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The UnAmericans Who wrote it? These are stories told over coffee at the local deli, elbows on the table and bagel crumbs on the plate, or at night after dinner, while the coffee brews. Molly Antopol, Stanford lecturer and a National Book Foundation awardee. The UnAmericans is her first collection of stories.

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Bookshots: 'The Corpse Exhibition' by Hassan Blasim

January 29th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Corpse Exhibition: And Other Stories of Iraq Who wrote it: Skip the bedtime tea and cocoa when reading this book and break out something harder—you’re going to need it. Hassan Blasim, author of The Madman of Freedom Square (longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize of 2010) among other titles.

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Bookshots: 'This Dark Road To Mercy' by Wiley Cash

January 28th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: This Dark Road to Mercy Who Wrote It? When Easter speaks, 'This Dark Road To Mercy' is something truly exceptional. Her chapters read like a Joe Lansdale mystery told by a teenage girl. Wiley Cash, author of New York Times bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home.

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